Method for processing a request and server of a multimedia IP network core

Abstract

A method is described for processing a request by server of a multimedia IP network core, the request issued by a first device registered with a first multimedia IP network core and destined for a public identity allocated to at least one second device. The method includes replication of the request as a first request and at least one second request; triggering a routing of the first request within the first multimedia IP network core; and triggering a routing of the at least one second request according to at least one predetermined route destined for at least one entity for interconnection of the first multimedia IP network core with a second network core distinct from the first multimedia IP network core.

The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. A method of processing a request, the request issued by a first device registered with a first multimedia IP core network, the request destined for a public identity allocated to a second device and known to the first multimedia IP core network, the method implemented by a server of the first multimedia IP core network, the method comprising:
 replicating the request into a first request and into at least one second request; 
 initiating a routing of the first request within the first multimedia IP core network; and 
 initiating a routing of the at least one second request according to at least one predetermined route destined for at least one interconnection entity, the interconnection entity being configured for interconnecting the first multimedia IP core network with a second core network distinct from the first multimedia IP core network. 
 
     
     
       2. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the second core network is a multimedia IP core network. 
     
     
       3. The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 receiving at least one first response from the second device; 
 transmitting toward the first device at least one second response to the request, the at least one second response being based on the at least one first response depending on a type of the at least one first response. 
 
     
     
       4. The method of  claim 3 , wherein the at least one first response received from the second device comprises at least one response received via the second core network. 
     
     
       5. The method of  claim 3 , wherein the at least one second response comprises:
 all received first responses; or 
 a first received first response; or 
 a first response having a top rank with respect to a predefined criterion among first responses received during a first predetermined period of time; or 
 an aggregation of contents extracted from first responses received during a second predetermined period of time. 
 
     
     
       6. The method of  claim 3 , wherein the at least one second response is further based on a type of the request issued by the first device. 
     
     
       7. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the replication and the routing initiations are implemented after verification of authorization for the first device and/or for the second device. 
     
     
       8. The method of  claim 1 , wherein initiating the routing of the first request and initiating the routing of the at least one second request are implemented simultaneously. 
     
     
       9. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the public identity allocated to the second device is contained in a database of the first multimedia IP core network. 
     
     
       10. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the first multimedia IP core network implements the SIP protocol (Session Initiation Protocol) and wherein the method further comprises:
 deriving a domain name from the public identity; and 
 interrogating a DNS server (Domain Name Server) by using the derived domain name, the public identity being considered as known from the first multimedia IP core network if an SIP identifier is received from the DNS server in response to the interrogation. 
 
     
     
       11. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the first multimedia IP core network implements the SIP protocol and the initiating the routing of the at least one second request is activated only if the interconnection between the first multimedia IP core network and the second core network is made by using the SIP protocol. 
     
     
       12. The method of  claim 7 , wherein the first multimedia IP core network implements IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) architecture and the verification, replication and routing initiations are implemented by an S-CSCF server or by an application server of the first multimedia IP core network. 
     
     
       13. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the first multimedia IP core network implements WebRTC (Web Real Time Communication) architecture, and replication and routing initiation steps are implemented by a WebRTC server of the first multimedia IP core network. 
     
     
       14. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to implement the method of  claim 1 . 
     
     
       15. A server configured to process a request issued by a first device registered with a first multimedia IP core network, the request destined for a public identity allocated to a second device known to the first multimedia IP core network, the server configured to:
 replicate the request into a first request and into at least one second request; 
 initiate a routing of the first request within the first multimedia IP core network; and 
 initiate a routing of said at least one second request according to a predetermined route destined for an interconnection entity, the interconnection entity being configured for interconnecting the first multimedia IP core network with a second core network distinct from the first multimedia IP core network. 
 
     
     
       16. A communication system comprising:
 a first device registered with a first multimedia IP core network, the first device configured to issue a request destined for a public identity allocated to a second device; and 
 the server of  claim 15 , the server configured to manage the first device. 
 
     
     
       17. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the first multimedia IP core network implements at least one web protocol and initiating the routing of the at least one second request is activated only if the interconnection between the first multimedia IP core network and the second core network is made by using the at least one web protocol.